第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) ·
第一节(共15小题；每小题互分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选琐。
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One evening last fall，while Mareos Ugarte did his homework 8nd his father,Eduardo prepared lesson plans，they heard yelling outside-They stepped onto the porch of their two-story home and saw the home of one of their neighbors，the Ma family，was on fire.
Dressed only in shorts，the barefoot teen．rushed out their home toward the Mas’ home with his dad．Grandmother Yim Ma,mother Suzanne Ma,and son Nathan Ma were gathered on the front lawn yelling for help.When the Ugartes got there，they saw through the open front d00r that father Alex Ma was stumbling down the stairs，coughing，and his face black with ash．
“Is anyone else in the house?’’Eduardo asked．
“My son!，’Alex managed to say，pointing t。the second floor ．
Eduardo started up the stairs，but thick，black smoke and intense heat forced him to his knees．He crawled upstairs and down the hall where Alex said he，d find Cody，eight，who had locked himself in a bedroom
